Mission 27- KIA (Killed in Action), WIA (Wounded in Action), B/O (Bail Out)
358th BS Two Beauts and 360th BS Ooold Soljer, 41-24559 PU-C collided when their tight formations passed through 10/10th clouds in the vicinity of Wellingboro, UK.. Ooold Soljer,
piloted by 1Lt Keith O. Bartlett, was completely demolished and was seen to have lost its right wing from the No. 4 engine out. Two Beauts was later salvaged. Both B-17 crashed near Mears Ashby, UK. [15 KIA & 5 Bail Outs] See the photo of the beautiful memorial and plaque established at the Mears Ashby, UK crash site on 31 March 1996. T/Sgt Hogue and S/Sgt Nowak (RWG) were injured on their parachute landing and hospitalized 2Lt Boyd and T/Sgt Yager are buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery as are four members of the 360th BS 1Lt Bartlett Crew, viz: 1Lt K.O. Bartlett (P), 1Lt R.C. Browning (N)(359BS) , T/Sgt G.R. Smith (E) and S/Sgt E.R. Bradford (LWG).

Mission 48 - 4 July 1943 - T/Sgt Earl Hogue (R) POW
Mission to LeMans, France in B-17F 42-5792 The Mugger (358BS) VK-I, 1Lt Robert S. O'Connor, Pilot (2 KIA, 4 POW, 3 EVD, 1 Escaped as POW and Evaded). See the photo of the granite Stone Memorial Monument, established in the late 1940s, at Malicorne-Sur-Sarthe, France, honoring Lt O'Connor and his Bombardier Lt Peterson who were killed avoided crashing The Mugger in the town site.
Lt's O'Connor and Peterson are buried in adjacent graves at the Normandy American Cemetery near Coleville-sur-Mer, France